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Alireza Ghasemi

Alireza Ghasemi
علیرضا قاسمی
Born (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 34)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationArt University of Tehran
OccupationFilmmaker

Alireza Ghasemi (Persian: علیرضا قاسمی; Born 1990) is an Iranian screenwriter, film director and producer. notably directing In the Land of Brothers, for which he won the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.[1]

Early life

Alireza Ghasemi was born in 1990. He began his education at the Film and Theater Department of Tehran University of Art in 2012. He received his MFA in filmmaking from Tehran University of Art and spent an exchange year at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Germany.[2]

Career

Ghasemi became the director of the 11th Nahal International Short Film Festival in 2014, and founded and directed the Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015.[3] He is known for directing the award-winning short films Better than Neil Armstrong (2019) and Extra Sauce (2020) and Solar Eclipse (2021). His short film Lunch Time received a nomination for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival in 2017. His debut feature film In the Land of Brothers, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2024,[4] earning him the Best Directing Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section.[5]

Filmography

Feature Film

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Note
2024 In the Land of Brothers Yes Yes Yes Premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

Short Film

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Note
2021 Solar Eclipse Yes Yes Yes
2019 Arezo Yes Yes No
2019 Extra Sauce Yes Yes No
2019 Better than Neil Armstrong Yes Yes No
2017 Lunch Time Yes Yes Yes
2016 Frequency Yes Yes Yes
2015 Shortcut Yes Yes Yes

Awards

  • In the Land of Brothers: Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival
  • Solar Eclipse: Best International Short Film, Minimalen Film Festival
  • Lunch Time: Nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival, 2017[6]
  • Frequency: Nominated for the Best Experimental Film, and Winner of the Best Editing award at 13th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2016[7]
  • Shortcut: Winner of the Special Jury Committee Prize at 12th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2015[8]

References

  1. ^ "2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners - sundance.org". 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  2. ^ https://www.locarnofestival.ch/pardo/Locarno-Young/Locarno-Academy/critics-academy/past-editions/Critics-2019/alireza-ghasemi.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "1st Tehran Intl. Silent filmfest. kicks off". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Program Guide | 2024 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ^ Elfadl, Murtada (2024-01-28). "'In the Land of Brothers' Review: An Assured Debut From Iranian Filmmakers Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  6. ^ "Lunch Time (2017) – FCC". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  7. ^ "نامزدهای دریافت بهترین جایزه در بخش های مختلف مسابقه از نگاه هیئت داوران". جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال. Retrieved 2017-04-18.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "درباره نهال – جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال". nahalfestival.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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